- 12inch
Fantastic Man
Cloud Management
Love International X Test Pressing
- Cat No: LIXTP001
- 2021-07-05
ディレイで妖艶に揺らめくクラシックピアノ、開放感のあるシンセパッドでオールドスクールトランスを踏襲、中速に絞ったブレイクビートも心地いい。〈LOVE ON THE ROCKS〉〈LET'S PLAY HOUSE〉〈TSUBA〉などバリエーション豊かなレーベルに参加する才人 MIC NEWMANのプロジェクトFANTASTIC MANのニューシングル！
WELCOME TO THE FIRST RELEASE FROM OUR NEW LOVE INTERNATIONAL X TEST PRESSING IMPRINT.
LOVE INTERNATIONAL MAKE GOOD TIMES HAPPEN IN FAR FLUNG PLACES. TEST PRESSING MAKE GOOD TIMES HAPPEN PHYSICALLY AND IN THE DIGITAL SPHERE. BASES COVERED.
TOGETHER WE’VE QUIETLY BEEN RELEASING COMPILATIONS (GATTO FRITTO, BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS, SHANTI CELESTE TO DATE...) AND WE FELT IT WAS TIME TO DO MORE.
TO THAT END WE’VE LAUNCHED A NEW LABEL... WELL IT’S MORE OF A PROJECT THAN A LABEL.
WE FIND A RECORDING ARTIST WE LOVE. WORKING WITH EACH ARTIST WE ALL CHOOSE AND ALIGN A DESIGNER AND CREATE AN ARCHIVE OF ITEMS WHICH WE FEEL COMPLIMENT EACH RELEASE.
MATERIALS TO LIVE WITH. AUDIO TO PHYSICAL. VINYL TO THREAD. FRIENDS AND FAMILY MAKING THINGS WE CARE ABOUT.
THE ARTIST IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS CHOICE – CHOOSING A DESIGNER TO EXPRESS THEIR MUSIC VISUALLY.
OUR FIRST RELEASE COMES FROM FANTASTIC MAN. MIC NEWMAN, A.K.A FAN- TASTIC MAN, IS A BERLIN-RESIDENT ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA. A MAN WHOSE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY EVERYONE FROM APHEX TWIN ON- WARDS & OUTWARDS... IN FIELDS, AT FESTIVALS, IN DARK CLUBS - HIS MUSIC MAKES SENSE IN MANY SPACES.
HIS COLLABORATOR FOR THIS PROJECT IS ALEXANDER PAPOLI-BARAWATI, A GERMAN / FILIPINO / IRANIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR LIVING IN BERLIN.
THE MUSIC RUNS FROM A BEAUTIFUL PIANO–LED BALEARIC BREAK PIECE IN ‘CLOUD MANAGER’ TO FLOATING BREAKS IN ‘LOUNGE WIZARD’, A WARPED CHUG IN ‘PSYCHIC MONTHLY’ AND FINALLY A BEAUTIFUL ACID TRACK IN ‘TIME APPRENTICE’. WE LOVE.
THIS FIRST COLLECTION CONSISTS OF A RECORD, A T-SHIRT, A CAP AND A KEYRING WITH EACH ITEM AVAILABLE IN LIMITED NUMBERS.
LOVE INTERNATIONAL MAKE GOOD TIMES HAPPEN IN FAR FLUNG PLACES. TEST PRESSING MAKE GOOD TIMES HAPPEN PHYSICALLY AND IN THE DIGITAL SPHERE. BASES COVERED.
TOGETHER WE’VE QUIETLY BEEN RELEASING COMPILATIONS (GATTO FRITTO, BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERS, SHANTI CELESTE TO DATE...) AND WE FELT IT WAS TIME TO DO MORE.
TO THAT END WE’VE LAUNCHED A NEW LABEL... WELL IT’S MORE OF A PROJECT THAN A LABEL.
WE FIND A RECORDING ARTIST WE LOVE. WORKING WITH EACH ARTIST WE ALL CHOOSE AND ALIGN A DESIGNER AND CREATE AN ARCHIVE OF ITEMS WHICH WE FEEL COMPLIMENT EACH RELEASE.
MATERIALS TO LIVE WITH. AUDIO TO PHYSICAL. VINYL TO THREAD. FRIENDS AND FAMILY MAKING THINGS WE CARE ABOUT.
THE ARTIST IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS CHOICE – CHOOSING A DESIGNER TO EXPRESS THEIR MUSIC VISUALLY.
OUR FIRST RELEASE COMES FROM FANTASTIC MAN. MIC NEWMAN, A.K.A FAN- TASTIC MAN, IS A BERLIN-RESIDENT ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRALIA. A MAN WHOSE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY EVERYONE FROM APHEX TWIN ON- WARDS & OUTWARDS... IN FIELDS, AT FESTIVALS, IN DARK CLUBS - HIS MUSIC MAKES SENSE IN MANY SPACES.
HIS COLLABORATOR FOR THIS PROJECT IS ALEXANDER PAPOLI-BARAWATI, A GERMAN / FILIPINO / IRANIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR LIVING IN BERLIN.
THE MUSIC RUNS FROM A BEAUTIFUL PIANO–LED BALEARIC BREAK PIECE IN ‘CLOUD MANAGER’ TO FLOATING BREAKS IN ‘LOUNGE WIZARD’, A WARPED CHUG IN ‘PSYCHIC MONTHLY’ AND FINALLY A BEAUTIFUL ACID TRACK IN ‘TIME APPRENTICE’. WE LOVE.
THIS FIRST COLLECTION CONSISTS OF A RECORD, A T-SHIRT, A CAP AND A KEYRING WITH EACH ITEM AVAILABLE IN LIMITED NUMBERS.
これまでにもSHANTI CELESTE、BEAUTIFUL SWIMMERSらのセレクトコンピシリーズを放出してきたクロアチアのフェスティバル"LOVE INTERNATIONAL"とマニアック音楽情報メディア"testpressing.org"の共同企画から12インチ！90sトランシーな鍵盤使いのオープナー「Cloud Manager」(sample1)、ラフなブレイクビート重量ベースのボトムを全面に聴かせた「Lounge Wizard」(sample2)など、古典トランスを復活させた多幸感溢れるブレイクビートトラックス！ (Akie)